Car-roof construction.



J. J. KELLEHER & C. D. PORTER.

CAR ROOF CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIoAT1oN-1'ILBD MAB. 2, 1912.

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JEREMIAH J'. KELLEHER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, AND CHARLES D. PORTER, 0F WILKINS- BURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-ROOF CONSTRUCTION.

Speciieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

Original application filed November 8, 1911, Serial No. 659,090. Divided and this application led March 2, 1912. Serial No. 681,028.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JEREMIAH J. KELLE- HER and CHARLES D. PORTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, and VVilkinsburg, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Roof Construction, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in car roof constructions, the object of the invention being to provide an improved car roof which will embody the maximum of strength and durability.

A further obj ect is to provide an improved construction of carline and cap secured together by bolts and confining the roof timbers and filler pieces between them, and provide on said cap pieces, improved running board saddles with running boards thereon.

This application is a division of our application filed November 8, 1911 and given Serial No. 659,090.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a fragmentary top plan view illustrating our improvements. Fig. 2, is a view in section on an enlarged scale on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a similar view in section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a view in transverse section on an enlarged scale on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5, is a? view on an enlarged scale of the central portion of the car roof structure similar to Fig. 2, but showing a modification.

A longitudinal series of transversely positioned channel bars or carlines 1 are secured at their ends to longitudinal side beams 2 by means of bolts 3. The ends of the carlines have laterally projecting perforated plates 4 integral with the carlines, and through which the bolts 3 project, and are secured by nuts 5.

The carlines are arched to conform to the shape of the roof, and contain filler pieces 6 of wood. To these filler pieces, the roof timbers 7 are secured by nails 8, and covering the heads of these nails are transversely -fof roof plates 11. These roof plates are of sheet metal, and their longitudinal edges eX- tend over the filler pieces 9 under the caps 10, and said caps 10, filler pieces 9, filler pieces 6, and carlines 1, together with the roof timbers 7, are made with registering openings for the recept-ion of bolts 12. The

heads 13 of these bolts bear tightly against flattened surfaces 14 on the caps 10, which iiattened surfaces are formed by forcing the metal outwardly to form the openings, and

.the said bolts are securely clamped by nuts 15 on their inner ends.

By tightening the nut-s 15, the roof timbers 7, as well as the roof plate 11 are securely clamped, and the structure is therefore strong and durable. As the filler pieces 9 cover the nails 8, the latter cannot work loose, and are securely held in driven position.

On the crown of the roof, on each cap 10, a metal saddle 16 is located. Each saddle comprises a casting having its lower face inclined downwardly in bot-h directions transversely from its center, and curved in the arc of a circle longitudinally of the car to snugly tit the cap 10 as seen most clearly in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. These saddles are secured to the roof structure by bolts 17, which are projected through the lower inclined members 18 of the saddle, and are secured by nuts 19. The up-per portion of the saddle is horizontal, and is provided with four upwardly projecting lugs 20 between which the parallel running boards 21 are located. These running boards are secured against movement by long bolts 22, which extend through registering openings in the lugs 20, and in the running boards 21, and are secured by nuts 23. It will therefore be seen that the upper surface of the running board is free from bolt heads, and the like, as the boards are secured entirely by means -of the transversely positioned bolts 22. This is a decided advantage because this upper surface must be kept smooth.

In Fig. 5, we illustrate a modification in which the cap 35 and saddle 36 are made integral which may, in some instances, be a desirable structure.

Various other slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from our invention, and hence we do not limit ourselves to the precise details set forth, but consider ourselves at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a car roof, saddles secured on the car roof, parallel flanges on the saddles, running boards located on the saddles between said flanges, said anges JEREMIAH J. KELLEHER. CHARLES D. PORTER.

Witnesses:

R. H. KRENKEL, CHARLES E. PoT'rs.

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